frantic

Example Sentences

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So in the frantic hours before officers took her parents away to immigration detention, her mom turned to their pastor and his wife.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

Twice in the last 50 years, crises in the Mideast, one of them centered in Iran, have turned Americans into frantic hunter-gatherers for another necessity: fuel for their gas tanks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

After frantic work in the garage, Mercedes managed to fix Russell's car by applying a series of default procedures such as switching the car off and on again and swapping out the steering wheel.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Broken computer monitors in bombed-out offices, scattered fake police uniforms and phoney hundred-dollar bills: these were the vestiges of a frantic escape of suspected cyberscammers fleeing a resort on the Cambodia-Thailand border.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

“In the meantime we’ll do our best to keep the mother inside the reserve, but she’s frantic to find her missing baby.”

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins